Amway Announces Layoffs for up to 900 Employees

Mar 23rd, 2021

Hannah Fink

Milind Pant, Amway CEO and Becky Smith, Amway CFO. Photo: Amway.

Milind Pant, Amway CEO and Becky Smith, Amway CFO. Photo: Amway.

Amway has announced it is laying off up to 900 employees in Ada, Michigan, and California as part of its global restructuring, per Grand Rapids Business Journal.

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The company said it expects most of the departures to come out of the Ada-based professional workforce.

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